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This Museum's popular entertainment collections hold some of the Smithsonian's most beloved artifacts. The ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz reside here, along with the Muppet character Kermit the Frog, and props from popular television series such as M*A*S*H and All in the Family. But as in many of the Museum's collections, the best-known objects are a small part of the story.

The collection also encompasses many other artifacts of 19th- and 20th-century commercial theater, film, radio, and TV—some 50,000 sound recordings dating back to 1903; posters, publicity stills, and programs from films and performances; puppets; numerous items from World's Fairs from 1851 to 1992; and audiovisual materials on Groucho Marx, to name only a few.

This plastic and glass vacuum thermos bottle was manufactured by the American Thermos Products Company and served as a companion bottle to the Satellite Lunch Box, object number 2001.0387.06.01. The bottle is adorned with action scenes in space featuring rockets and satellites hovering over the surface of the moon.

This Roy Rogers thermos was manufactured by Thermos in 1954. It features an image similar to the previous lunch box, object number 2001.3099.07.01. Roy Rogers is posing with a kneeling Dale Evans, his horse Trigger, and his dog Bullet, under the sign for Roy Rogers and Dale Evans DOUBLE R BAR RANCH.

This thermos bottle was manufactured by Thermos in 1961, and is the companion piece to lunch box object number 2001.3100.11.01. The bottle is made of tin, plastic and glass and has a screw-on, red plastic cup lid and a screw-on red and tan plastic stopper. The bottle is yellow with drawings of cowboy clothing, equipment and firearms around the sides.

This metal, plastic and glass thermos bottle was made by Thermos in 1954, and is the companion bottle to lunch box object number 2001.3100.14.01.The bottle has a red, screw-on plastic lid and a red plastic stopper. The bottle has a yellow design with colorful action drawings of Roy Rogers riding on a horse on the sides of the thermos.

This tin, plastic and glass thermos bottle was made by Thermos in 1965. It has a red plastic screw-on cup lid and a beige and red plastic screw-on stopper. The bottle has images of soldiers in war settings on the side. The bottle matches lunch box #2001.3101.04.01, and the image is the same as the front image of the lunch box.

This tin, glass and plastic thermos bottle was made by Aladdin Industries in 1965. It has a black, screw-on plastic cup lid. The bottle has a gray and tan design featuring Annie Oakley riding her horse and shooting behind her. The bottle is the companion piece to lunch box #2001.3101.05.01.

This square plastic thermos bottle was made in 1973 by Thermos. It has a red plastic, screw-on cup lid and a white and red plastic, screw-on plastic stopper. The bottle has a yellow background with portraits of each of the Chan family members, from the cartoon series, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. The bottle matches lunch box #2001.3101.13.01.

This tin, steel and glass thermos bottle was made by Aladdin Industries in 1961. It has a yellow plastic, screw-on cup lid and a red plastic, screw-on stopper. The bottle continues on the bus motif, showing Disney’s favorite characters disembarking from the school bus. The bottle is the companion to lunch box #2001.3101.15.01.

This tin, plastic and glass thermos bottle was made by Thermos in 1967. It has a red plastic, screw-on cup lid and a red plastic, screw-on stopper. The bottle features are from the cartoon series, Dick Tracy on the sides, showing Tracy talking into his signature 2-way wrist radio.

This steel, glass and plastic thermos bottle was made by Aladdin Industries in 1966. It has a screw-on white plastic cup lid with handle and screw-on blue plastic stopper. The background is aqua blue with images of The Beatles around it. There is one image of all four of them playing their instruments, and each has a portrait of his face around the bottle.